France says Middle East is "explosive", disagrees with US policy

The killings overshadowed the opening of the new US embassy in Jerusalem, relocated from Tel Aviv in fulfilment of a campaign promise by US President Donald Trump, whose daughter Ivanka attended the inaugural ceremony.

"The United States deplores the loss of life, but there is a lot of violence in the region".

Ashrawi was referring to Haley's multiple warnings that she would "take names" of member countries who refused to support the US decision recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Israel said today it launched an overnight air raid on a Hamas facility in Gaza after gunfire from the territory targeted its soldiers and damaged a building.

But as the dignitaries smiled on Monday, their words were being proven false at the border wall to the Gaza Strip, where the worst fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinians in four years was under way.

At Tuesday's UNSC emergency meeting dedicated to the issue, Haley said, "Those who suggest that the Gaza violence has anything to do with the location of the American embassy are sorely mistaken".

Speaking to the protesting students and teachers, Karachi University Teachers Society President Prof Dr Jameel Kazmi said inaction of world powers on Israeli aggression in Palestine had given birth to a humanitarian crisis.

The support of at least a third of the 47 members of the UN Rights Body - 16 or more nations - is required to call such a session.

"This contradicts the government's long-stated position that, as a close ally and fellow liberal democracy, Israel can count on Canada's support when its security is threatened". Israel and militants in Gaza have fought three wars since 2008.

Since March 30, Palestinians have been holding mass rallies near the Gaza Strip border, known as the Great March of Return.

"According to worldwide law, a child is a child, first of all, no matter what brought them there", said Boutin. "So for us, they're all child deaths that should have been avoided".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the European Union have also called for an independent investigation.

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